Bustle.



Patented Oct. 3, i899. No' 634l53' T. P. TAYLOR.

BUSTLE.

(Application led June 12, 1899.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,153, dated October3, 1899. .tppncaionaearum12,1899. serrano. 720.227. momia.)

.To @ZZ whom, vif may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing at Bridge port, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBustles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has reference to certain new and useful improvements inbustles, but more particularly relates to the manufacture of bustlesfrom sections of fabric comprising warp and weft resilient strands, suchas ne Wire. Heretofore in bustles made from this fabric the wires of theblank and in the cornpleted bustle cross each other at substantiallyright angles from top to bottom and from side to side and certain biascuttings have been made at the side edges in order that the latter mightbe contracted, so as to give the required fullness to the bustle.

While it is admitted that the broad idea of making a bustle fromwoven-wire fabric by utilizing a blank With any of its edges cut on thebias, so that the required fullness is obtained by contracting thesebias-cut edges, is shown, described, and claimed in Letters Patent No.601,361, issued March 29, 1898, to Henry H. Taylor, and in LettersPatent No.

617,452, issued January 10, 1898, to Henry H.

Taylor and Myron B. Hammond, still an exceedingly good bustle can bemade by utilizing a blank in Which the wires cross each other obliquely,so that substantially all the edges are cut on the bias.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this application,Figure l is a plan view of the blank; Fig. 2, a front elevation of thecompleted bustle; Fig. 3, arsection at the line a a of Fig. 2. Fig. 4, arear View of the completed bustle; Fig. 5, a rear View of aslightly-modified form of my bustle, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of amodified form of blank.

Similar numbers ofL reference denote like parts in all the figures ofthe drawings.

or suitable binder 3 while in this contracted condition. This will ofcourse produce a concavity at the top of the completed bustle, as shownat Figs. 2 and 4, While the rest of the outline ofthe bustle will beconvex.

By using a blank in which all the edges are bias-cut it will be clearthat a great variety of shapes may be obtained, according to the degreeof contraction in various localities of the blanks, and While I preferto utilize the form of blank shown at Fig. l, because the lowerextremities of the bustle will thereby be rounded, still I do not wisht0 be limited to any particular shape of blank, and I can even utilize aform of blank such as is shown at Fig. 6, which is entirely rectangular,the result in the instance of this last-named blank being that the lowercorners are angular instead of rounded.

The rear of the bustle may be entirely closed by a cloth facing 4c, asshown at Fig. 4, or it may be left entirely open, or stay-pieces 5 maybe simply stitched to the sides of the rearand drawn together by lacings6, as shown at Fig. 5, this feature being merely a matter of preferenceand not entering into the essentials of the invention. A waistband 7,secured to the upper portion ofthe bustle, is employed for the purposeof securing the bustle to the body of the wearer.

As I said above, I do not Wish to be under*- stood as claiming a bustlemade from a section of Woven Wire with the necessary fullness obtainedby the contraction of bias-eut edges broadly, in the patents abovenamed; but

' of such section,because this feature is claimed, 95

WlmtIdo claim as new, und desire to seeure and hound whereby thefullness of the bustle by Letters Patent, is is obtained, substantiallyas set forth. xo

A bustle made from :t single section of fub- In testimony whereof I aixmy signature rie comprising resilient warp and weft in presence of twowitnesses. 5 strandssuch as line Wiresaid strands THOMAS P. TAYLOR.

crossing the longitudinal axis of the bustle lVitnesses: :tt obliqueangles thereof, the strands at the F. XV. SMITH, J r.,

boundary of said section being Contracted l M. T. LONGDEN.

